The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-11-19
THE ANARCHISTS.

Early as was the hour, Fischer was also at
work getting out the hand-bills calling the
Haymarket mass meeting. The hand bills
last words were: "Workingmen, arm your.
selves and appear in full force!' What Spies,
Schwab and the other leaders were doing that
day may be partly inferred from the burn
ing appeals for resistance and calls ITO
Arms!" that appeared in their newspa
per organs that evening. "Ruhe," penned
by Spies own hand, stared out of the Arbeuer
Zeiung. After the papers were off and their
editors had swallowed hasty supper, 1t be-
came known that Spics Parsons, Schwab,
Fielden Fischer and other ruling spirits, mostly
members of the self-same "armed sections"
that held the Greifs Hall conclave, went into
close session Mt the International headquarters
in the Ar6eaer Zeitung building, where reports
by messengers and telephone were received as
the moments sped.
Lingg's crew of bomb makers were still as
was unable to remain with them all the time.
and the evening found him cursing their slow
progress. 1t was some time after 80 p. m.-
the hour mentioned for the Haymarket meeting
to begin-'when Lingg put into little trunk
what bombs were ready-some fifty or
sixty -and started with his burden
for the appointed rendezvous, an
Anarchists saloon near by, known
| rs Neffs Hall, 5s Clybourn avenue. He was met
on the way by n messenger who had come to
hurry him along The trunk was left open In o
passageway OF the saloon, and without more ado
men began dropping in quietly, alone or in
couples, pocketing bomb or two each,
| and vanishing into the darkness. This
| celerity may have somewhat Modified Lingg,
but his delay was not the only stumbling block
| of the reds
Twenty-Five thousand people, the Anarchist
leaders estimated, would be gathered together
| In the Haymarket. This was not an extrava-
giant expectation, when 1900 had been so easi-
| ly massed near McCormick's. But fear OF fur
| ther rioting kept pretty much everybody at
home except about 1900 men, nearly all of
| them Enthusiastically Anarchists. Undoubtedly
| the smallness OF the crowd made the Anarchist
| leaders pause 1.-THE social revolution" backed
| by mob Of worlSmen 25, 900 strong had changed
! to a prospective fight between Anarchists alone
on one side and the police In force the other 1t
was evident to the most casual spectator In the
| Haymarset that hitch existed somewhere,
| and apparently the meetings managers were
| all completely Mt sea.
The great dimlighted square was q decidedly
uncanny scene with its scattered groups of
| gesticulatng, trampish-looking occupants lin
| ing the sidewalks and pouring In and out OF the
| rickety surrounding saloons. The Ar6eifer Zsi-
| faag conference of Headers had been prolonged
| one, and when Mt last Spies, Parsons, Fielden
| and the rest reached the HaymarletSquare they
| seemed bent on waiting game. II will prob
ably never be known whether the evident hesi-
| fancy was caused Dy the delay OF Ltnggs con-
| federates, proposed abandonment of the out
break, or the hope that the police would attack
and attempt to disperse the dangerous.looling
crowd before the speaking should begin, thus
relieving the leaders from appearing to incite
| riot
Finally, ON hour and q half late, Spies, Par
| sons and Fielden addressed the crowd In the
order named, using wagon for their rostrum.
The first two, in comparison to their usual
harangues were tame as pair OF doves. Grad
| ually the crowd thinned out. No police inter
fered, md the chance the ''reds' had waited
months for was nearly gone. The meeting
would be laughing stock to the public. the
leaders would be discredited by even their own
ilk and the ruhe-signnl would mean not the
''social revolution begun, but the international
| Association collapsed.
Fielden was worthy the occasion. He hnd
been In the background on the wagon will
Schnaubelt, the bomb thrower Spies snt
l other directing minds, who saw plsinl,
that something must be done, and quickly
Therefore, when bis turn came, Fielder